Big Sur

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After...

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the...

Jack Kerouac returns to earth as an angel with the goal of changing the life of a struggling writer.

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.

After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....

To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew...

An immersive beat poem written and created for the misunderstood, the marginalized, and the magical.

Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political...